- Edimax Wireless LAN Access Point User's Manual
W ireless L AN AP Configuration
Parameter Description
Authentication
Type
There are t wo authentication t ypes:
“Open System” and “Shar ed Key”.
When you s elect “Open Syst em”,
wireless st ations can ass ociate with
this acc ess point wit hout WEP
encr yptio n. When you select “Shared
Key”, you shoul d also set up WEP key
in the “Encr yption” page and wirel ess
stations should use WEP encr ypti on i n
the aut henticati on phase to associate
with this access point. If you select
“Auto”, t he wireless client can
associate with this access point by
using any one of t hese t wo
authentication t ypes.
Fragment
Threshol d
“Fragment Thr eshol d” specifi es the
maxi mum size of pac ket during the
fragmentation of data to be transmitted.
If you set this value too low, it will result
in bad perfor mace.
RTS Threshold
When the pac ket size is smaller the
RTS threshold, the access point will
not use the RTS/CTS mec hanism to
send this pac ket.
Beac on Int erval
The inter val of ti me that this access
point bro adcas t a beacon. Beacon is
used to s ynchronize the wirel ess
networ k.
Data Rate
The “Dat
a
Rate” is the rate this access
point uses to trans mit dat a pac kets.
The access point will use the highest
possible selected trans mission rate to
transmit the dat a
p
ackets.
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